Time Travel Tuesdays: Crack’s Destructive Sprint Across America | NY Times
By Michael Massing Published: October 01, 1989 AS BROADWAY CUTS UP through the Upper West Side of Manhattan and into Washington Heights, it gradually turns into a giant Caribbean bazaar. The avenue abounds with bodegas, farmacias, unisex beauty salons, bargain clothing outlets, restaurants serving pollo and platanos, and travel agencies offering bargains to the Dominican [...]
Time Travel Tuesdays: Washington Heights Journal – The 191st Street Tunnel | NY Times
By JOSH KURTZ Published: August 12, 1991 Earlier this year, the Transit Authority closed some long, dark pedestrian tunnels in the subways. One of the longest and darkest, the three-block tunnel connecting Broadway and 190th Street with the 191st Street IRT station at St. Nicholas Avenue, stayed open. In one of those only-in-New York bureaucratic [...]
Corset shows: artist re-imagines beauty of Burr’s loves | NY Daily News
‘The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits of Corsetry & Binding’ features 18th and 19th Century-style corsets in the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan’s oldest private home. By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Eight of the most beautiful, bewitching and beguiling women in New York’s long history of seduction will display their wiles in a captivating [...]
Nutcracker Inc. Documentary Looking For Archival Footage and Photos
What up, fellow residents of Uptown and Washington Heights! As most of you probably know by now, we are heavy into post-production on the documentary film, Nutcracker Inc. But what you may not know is that the movie is about a whole lot more than just a drink. It’s about a certain neighborhood, OUR neighborhood, [...]
EcoHouse Opens @ Inwood Hill Park Tomorrow
When Hurricane Sandy struck last October, the water rose 4 ½ feet inside the Inwood Hill Nature Center at 218th Street and Indian Road. Exhibits were destroyed, and the heating system was ruined. The building is still closed. That’s where the Community Environmental Center EcoHouse comes in. At the suggestion of the City of New [...]
Entrance To The Past: Broadway & Isham Streets | Forgotten New York
While meandering aimlessly in upper Manhattan in February 2013 I came upon a single intersection, Broadway and Isham Street, where there are several leftover relicts from several different ages that still survive. Before getting into those, I’d like to dispute the pronunciation of the name Isham, which, I’m told, is EYE-sham. This is plainly ridiculous. [...]
Travel Back Into Time @ Indian Road Café on January 8th
Indian Road Café 600 West 218th Street @ Indian Road Tuesday, January 8th 2013 @ 7:30 pm Never before seen images of Inwood will be re-united with the neighborhood for the first time in over a century. Here’s the back-story: In the late 1800’s grocer Robert Veitch opened a store on Dyckman Street in an [...]
Juan Rodriguez Way: Uptown Dominicans Take Pride in Early Immigrant | The Uptowner
By Marielle Mondon About three miles of northern Manhattan will soon honor a man who, until recently, was unknown to most of the people who live there. Juan Rodriguez Way will be the name of Broadway from 159th to 218th Streets, after an early settler from Santo Domingo who reportedly arrived in New York in [...]
Attached to the Bronx, but Legally in Manhattan | NY Times
By SARAH HARRISON SMITH When the construction of the Harlem River Ship Canal separated Marble Hill from the rest of Manhattan in 1895, the little neighborhood, perched on a high mound of Inwood marble, was suddenly surrounded by water as if by a moat. Two decades later, when Spuyten Duyvil Creek, to its north, was [...]
Historic Inwood: “Goodbye to Glocamorra” (1968)
“Goodbye to Glocamorra” (1968) is a documentary film originally made for broadcast on Irish television and is a fascinating look at the predominantly Irish Inwood of yesteryear. The film takes an unflinching look at the forces of transformation at work in the late 1960′s in the neighborhood. Inwood at the time was one of the [...]
Postcards from the Edge | My Inwood
The always-informative My Inwood site recently posted a series of Postcards of the Uptown of yesteryear. Cleverly entitled “Postcards from the Edge”, the series captures an Uptown that seems, at first glance, so different from the one of today but upon further inspection it reaffirms the notion that this is a place that is in [...]
A star takes a solo turn in the spotlight | Manhattan Times
Story by Francis Rodríguez Henry Santos Jeter is at the top of his game. And also like his counterpart on the New York Yankees, Santos Jeter makes clear that he can both excel as part of a team and shine on his own. The singer/song-writer, formerly of bachata heavyweights Grupo Aventura, is hard at work [...]
The Inwood Hill Park Recycling Olympics Takes Place This Sunday
Sunday, August 5, 2012 2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. Dyckman Fields Join NYC Parks, GrowNYC, and the City’s Green Mascot, Birdie, at Dyckman Fields to learn about how to keep your local parks clean and green. The Recycling Olympics are a handful of games that kids aged 7-14 can play to learn about recycling, conservation, and teamwork [...]
Forgotten NY Takes a Tour Through Inwood on Saturday, August 11th
Meet at Dyckman/200th St station, A train, corner of Riverside Drive and Broadway. See the Dyckman Farmhouse, the Seaman Estate Arch, and historic Inwood Hill Park and its rich Native American and colonial history in this tour through Inwood and Inwood Hill Park. There‘s also Manhattan‘s only old-growth forest and spectacular views of the Henry [...]
The Shabazz Center Celebrates the 87th Birthday of Malcolm X this Saturday
For more info: http://theshabazzcenter.net/ Check out: Freedom’s Sisters – The Untold Story Uptown Gem – The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center
Scale history of Washington Heights and Inwood on new tour | NY Daily News
By Michael J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS It’s where the Battle of Fort Washington took place, a Negro Baseball League team played and where performers like Duke Ellington once lived. Washington Heights and Inwood have no shortage of history, and it’s all being showcased during a series of walking tours, which kick off [...]
The Shabazz Center Celebrates the Life & Legacy of Malcolm X Today
Today is the 48th anniversary of the assassination of the late great Malcolm X in our very own Audubon Ballroom. The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center (3940 Broadway) will host two events to commemorate his life and legacy. 1:30 pm: A special libation ceremony for Malcolm X. 7 pm: Internationally [...]
Uptown Gem – The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center
Words by Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Jay Franco (@_jayfranco) Video by Amanda Hiciano (AIKI5IFTY5IVE) Malcolm X changed my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley literally put the Black in Led Black. The book which has sold untold millions of copies and influenced everyone from Huey P. Newton, to Spike Lee, to [...]
Inwood Residents Push for Preservation | The Uptowner
By Lindsey Wagner Inwood, nestled at the tip of Manhattan, is a neighborhood filled with an iconic history that many of its residents are unaware of. Every year, the Historic Districts Council accepts submissions from neighborhood groups that feel their neighborhoods are worthy of preservation. Inwood was chosen by the Historic Districts Council as one [...]
The Latin Grammys Street Party @ Inwood Hill Park – The Video
Video by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Click here to see the pics of the event. We invite you to subscribe to the Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
Uptown Fiesta: The Latin Grammy Street Party @ Inwood Hill Park
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) This past weekend, Uptown had the honor of kicking off the national Latin Grammy Street Party Tour at our very own Inwood Hill Park. The neighborhood came out in droves to take part in this celebration of Latino music, culture and heritage. Some heavyweight entertainers [...]
In Dominican Republic, a Museum of Horrors of Trujillo Era | NYTimes.com
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Melba Navarro froze at the image of the man with bulging eyes, his mouth flung open in terror. Or was it pain? He was strapped into an electric chair. “How horrible was the suffering,” she said, a replica of the chair — a simple wooden seat [...]
Uptown Gem – The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center
Words by Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Jay Franco (@_jayfranco) Video by Amanda Hiciano (@_IamNYC) Malcolm X changed my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley literally put the Black in Led Black. The book which has sold untold millions of copies and influenced everyone from Huey P. Newton, to Spike Lee, to [...]
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